ORDER OF SALE
9:00 AM - UNCATALOGUED ITEMS
10:00 AM - CATALOGUED ITEMS
10:30 AM - DECOYS
12:30 PM - ROYAL DOULTONS TO BE BLENDED
2:00 PM - JEWELRY TO BE BLENDED
DESCRIPTION
An exceptional antique & collectible auction with pottery, fine folk art, Americana and 19th C children’s items. Featuring Deaccessions from Teackle Mansion, Ward Bros. decoys, the Marion Klein Royal Doulton, Lambeth, Silicon, Slater’s pottery & miniatures on ivory collection, items from the Georgia Linthicum estate, sterling silver from the estate of Paul A. Hishmeh, Florence Kline estate jewelry and select items from the Richard D. Wright collection.
**The Somerset County Historical Society is continuing a twenty year process of refining its collection by deaccessioning items at Teackle Mansion, while at the same time raising necessary operating funds to keep the mansion open on a regular basis. The Society board wants to acknowledge the generosity of those individuals who have donated things in the past. The auction proceeds will go directly to the maintenance and operation of Teackle Mansion, where period furniture & cultural objects will be on display & protected.
DECOYS
1948 Ward Bros. Mallard Hen signed by Lem & Steve, 1948 Ward Bros. Mallard Drake, 1948 Ward Bros. Black Duck, pr signed Ward Bros. miniature mallards, pr signed Oliver Lawson miniature Mallards, miniature Flying Pintails, local carvers.
UP FRONT TABLES
Painted wooden barber pole from Frankford, DE, full size painted folk art wooden axe, child’s Crandall rocking horse, Joel Ellis baby buggy, 19th C cast iron double wheel coffee grinder, sev cast iron still banks including Independence Hall, min cast iron cannon, fancy cast iron umbrella stand, painted decorated bellows, Aneroid barometer, pair of 29” high knife boxes, Confederate & American flags along with other early military related material, CSA memorial to John Huffington, bronze Presentation plaque of the Washington Oak, framed silk memorial, nice selection of glue & gray stoneware including a pitcher crock and a small Balt. adv jug, ship’s deadeye, local strawberry picker’s box with tokens & tickets, Eastern Shore baskets, walking sticks & canes, cow weathervane on cupola, 19th century branding iron, local quilts including an Eastern Shore signature quilt, Indian rug, baleen riding crop, tomahawk, 50 volume set of Archives of Md, E.S. & other antique books, tea cozy, textiles, walnut table top pin cushion, E.S. postcards, broadsides, demi john & antique bottles, Blickensderfer typewriter, Empire, Victorian & French mantle clocks, fancy antique fire fender, girandoles, miniature oil lamps, 19th C brass fluid lamp, whale oil lamp, candle lights, Quezal shades, large lot of prisms & other lighting, ephemera including postcards, trade cards, Victorian scrap, cutwork, cigar labels, Valentines, Harpers Weekly’s, Centennial newspapers, CDV, albumen & other early photos, vintage Christmas including large feather tree, Santas, German sheep & garden village with figures, nice lot of children’s items including early child’s lap top chalkboard, 1910 hutch, Empire table, ABC nursery table, figural swan doll rocker, doll size teaster bed, faux bamboo doll bed, child size walnut table, tea sets, utensils, toys, etc, 19th C Black face toothpick holder, 19th C jumping jack, Steiff animals, early transfer ware, Bennington, Oriental porcelain & lacquer, moriage, soapstone carvings, cut glass, American pressed glass, china, porcelain, E.S. church plates, Roseville umbrella stand, Southern Pottery and more.
ROYAL DOULTONS
The fantastic single owner collection of Marion Klein, West Ocean City, with over 200 Royal Doulton, Lambeth, Slater’s, Silicon Ware and Burslem pottery & porcelain pieces dating from the late 19th C to the mid 20th C. Vases of all sizes, dispensers, match holders & strikes, ashtrays, humidors, candle holders, puzzle jugs, biscuit jar, pitchers, foot warmer, Toby mugs, Bunnykins & more, many with early artists ciphers in glazes such as Mosaic, Moorish, Flambe, Cracked Ice with styles and designs such as Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts, Art Deco. Approx 50 Bunnykins from Royal, Sporting to Oompah! This is a must see collection fresh to the market with some Mettlach, Lladro & more.
STERLING SILVER & JEWELRY:
5 Piece Whiting hand chased sterling tea set, 3 piece Wallace tea set, over 100 pieces of Stieff sterling Homewood flatware w/ many serving pieces, S Kirk personal Communion set, large Gorham floral rim bowl, fancy Art Nouveau serving pieces, candle holders, bread plates, picture frame, 12” Claret with etched crane & fancy silver top, Wanamaker serving tray, pill boxes, napkin rings & other small fancy pieces, coin silver from makers such as Warner, W Griswold, Hastings & others, Antique mesh & beaded purses, thimbles, compacts, perfumes, fine & costume jewelry including 14K gold cameo earrings, 10K gold cameo brooch, 14K bracelet, 14K bow pin & charm bracelet, 14K gold rings, pins & more, sterling, rhinestone & signed costume jewelry.
ARTWORK
Nice selection to include 19th C Frakturs, 19th C o/c of European castle, 19th C o/b of Greenhill/E.S. of Md, folk art oil on board of Old Camp Upton, Salisbury, MD, o/c landscape w/ sunset & mountains, lg o/c w/ mountains & water, 19th C folk art o/c of young girl holding a book, 19th C o/c of young gentleman in gold frame, beautiful 19th C o/c portrait of young woman, 19th C o/c of sailing vessels, 19th C o/c of water rushing under bridge, Frederick Cozzens artist’s proof of America’s Cup Race, 19th C o/c Venice scene, steel engravings, George Washington sgn, William E Marshall, Franklin at the Court of France, Libby Prison, Declaration of Independence, etc, beautiful selection of 19th C miniatures on ivory & porcelain, Joan Miro lithograph.
FURNITURE
18th C stretcher base tavern table, 18th C walnut cabinet on stand, Empire walnut bookcase, 19th C walnut desk w/ ball & claw feet, 19th C swell front Sheraton sideboard, pair Empire marble top console tables, pair Empire game tables w/ fancy carvings & paw feet, 19th C tiger maple rope bed, 19th C Sussex Co, DE single door wall cupboard, E.S. pine blanket chest, 19th C walnut bookcase/desk, 19th C tilt top table, 19th C pole screen, 19th C walnut chest w/ paw feet, 19th C painted sea chest, antique Chippendale style sofa, 19th C walnut chest w/ paw feet, 19th C painted sea chest, antique Chippendale corner chair (needs repair), Sheraton uph arm chair, 19th C Classical style love seat, pr walnut footstools w/ needlework seats, pr stacking oak bookcases, Vict marble top lamp table, mah dressing screen, Mission oak desk, country & primitive furniture, over 100 more pcs.
RUGS
Great selection of over 30 antique oriental rugs from room size to runners to throws, country braided, hooked & more.
TERMS
Cash, Visa/MC (no American Express) or approved ck, travelers cks, cashier’s cks. Buyer who registers must make payment. Buyers unknown to us are required to provide Bank References applicable to this sale. 15% Buyers Premium charged, 5% discount for cash or approved ck. Announcements made day of sale take precedence over printed matter. 6% MD sales tax applies to all items. Dealers must show resale certificate. No absentee or phone bids.